Following our informative four-hour tour of the city this morning, we were supposed to be boarding an America's Cup sailboat for a cruise in Auckland Harbor. But 40-knot winds grounded us. (Though these two still appear to be floating.)

We're nothing if not nimble. Quickly a celebration plan was hatched: Champagne and lunch at Live Fish on the wharf.

A toast to love

Marc had the ring designed with diamonds from his Grandma Ellen Hough's wedding ring, her stones bookending the new central diamond.